Thursday, May 31, 2007

We live in the most hyper-individualized society the world has ever seen. Most of us don't even know our next-door neighbors. We commute to work and school, alone. We are left to rise and falls based on our own efforts. Each one of us is left lacking accountability and commitment to our families, communities, and churches. It seems like every aspect of our lives is motivated by the desire for material goods. But is this really what we want? According to psychologist "our greatest wish is for more contact with other people" (National Geographic). We try to fill the absence of community with these temporal goods but it will never satisfy us. The most valuable things in this world aren't things, it is people. We can only take our relationships and experiences to heaven. This is what really matters.

About Me

I am a rugged individual. I can grow a beard in a week, file my own taxes, and operate a demo saw. I am a rugged individual but I desire to be more then just a rugged individual, I desire to be servant of God. I want to be lead by his commandments and teachings. I want to have integrity in my personal and public life. I want to be committed to marriage, family, and the community i live in. I want to be a man, a rugged man, that will stand for the right though the heavens fall.

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain